Monday program








Plenary session Schouwburg Chairs: Hidde Leijnse and Remko Uijlenhoet Monday, 2 July 2018






8:30–9:00	OPENING CEREMONY Gerard van der Steenhoven, General Director, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and Bram de Vos, General Director, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University&Research
9:00–9:30	Keynote on The European Radar Network OPERA - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE E. Saltikoff, G. Haase, P. Novak, H. Leijnse, and L. Delobbe abstract 025, extended abstract
9:30–10:00	Keynote on Microphysical Studies DENSITY OF SNOWFLAKES BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS A. Von Lerber, D. Moisseev, J. Tiira, and D. Ori abstract 150







Coffee, poster viewing, and exhibition- 10:00–10:30, New York












Microphysical Studies Schouwburg Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: Ali Tokay






10:30–10:45	AN INVERSE PROBLEM APPROACH TO RETRIEVE FIELDS OF DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS FROM XBAND POLARIMETRIC RADAR VARIABLES M. Alcoba, M. Gosset, and H. Andrieu abstract 394
10:45–11:00	MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL RAINFALL RATE ESTIMATION IN THE PERUVIAN CENTRAL ANDES (12.0^∘ S) D. Scipion, J. Valdivia, F. Silva, and M. Milla abstract 358
11:00–11:15	RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN COASTAL RAINFALL SYSTEMS IN SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA: EFFECT ON Z-R RELATIONSHIPS AND ATTENUATION A. Guyot, J. Pudashine, V. Pauwels, A. Protat, A. Seed, R. Uijlenhoet, M. Prakash, and And J. P. Walker abstract 176
11:15–11:30	WHY THE GENERALIZED GAMMA? - AN ANSWER BASED ON MEASUREMENTS WITH METEOROLOGICAL PARTICLE SPECTROMETER AND 2D VIDEO DISDROMETER M. Thurai, V. N. Bringi, P. N. Gatlin, W. A. Petersen, and M. Wingo abstract 051, extended abstract
11:30–11:45	RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRIZZLE MODE OF THE RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION: AN APPROACH USING DOUBLE-MOMENT NORMALISATION T. H. Raupach, M. Thurai, V. N. Bringi, and A. Berne abstract 206
11:45–12:00	POLARIMETRIC RADAR RETRIEVALS OF LOWER ORDER DSD MOMENTS: CASE STUDIES USING CSU-CHILL RADAR V. N. Bringi, T. Raupach, M. Thurai, P. C. Kennedy, and A. Berne abstract 114







Mesoscale And Severe Weather Cerise Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: Scott Collis






10:30–10:45	THE ROLE OF SMALL-SCALE VORTICES IN ENHANCING SURFACE WINDS AND DAMAGE IN HURRICANE HARVEY Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba abstract 080
10:45–11:00	THE TWIRL PROJECT: FINE-SCALE MOBILE RADAR AND IN SUTU OBSERVATIONS OF TORNADO STRUCTURE Karen A. Kosiba, Josh Wurman, and Howard Bluestein abstract 110
11:00–11:15	DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF TWO TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM CASES IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION J. Bech, O. Rodriguez, P. Altube, T. Rigo, N. Pineda, S. Castán, J. Arús, and J. Montanyà abstract 348
11:15–11:30	DUAL-POLARIZATION RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN IN EAST AFRICA P. Waniha, A. Kijazi, R. Roberts, and J. Wilson abstract 280
11:30–11:45	RAPID SCAN EXPERIMENT OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR FOR MONITORING RAINSTORMS AND TROPICAL CYCLONES IN HONG KONG W. Kong abstract 189, extended abstract
11:45–12:00	EVALUATING THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY USE OF 4D RADAR DATA-PARAMETERS Malte Neuper and Jan Handwerker abstract 225







Lunch, poster viewing, and exhibition- 12:00–13:00, New York












Advances In Signal Processing Schouwburg Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: John Hubbert






13:00–13:15	ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY-LAYER HEIGHT TRACKING FROM S-BAND RADAR RETURNS WITH AN EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER: APPLICATION TO VORTEX-SE Francesc Rocadenbosch, Robin Tanamachi, and Stephen J. Frasier abstract 028
13:15–13:30	FILCOH, A METHOD TO ELIMINATE GROUND ECHOES FOR WEATHER RADARS OPERATING IN MULTIPLE PRT MODE BY USING THE AVAILABLE AUTOCORRELATION COEFFICIENTS M. Tahanout and J. Parent Du Chatelet abstract 199, extended abstract
13:30–13:45	COMPARISON OF CLUTTER DETECTION SCHEMES FOR NON-DOPPLER, NON-POLARIMETRIC X BAND RADARS S. Melani, A. Antonini, F. Caparrini, A. Telleschi, A. Lombardi, A. Mazza, and A. Ortolani abstract 329, extended abstract
13:45–14:00	PRINCIPLE AND REAL-DATA APPLICATION RESULTS OF MMSE DOPPLER SPECTRAL PROCESSING Eiichi Yoshikawa, Naoya Takizawa, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Tomoaki Mega, and Tomoo Ushio abstract 180







Radar Networking Cerise Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: Asko Huuskonen






13:00–13:15	ENGAGING THE RADAR COMMUNITY THROUGH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Z. Sherman, S. Collis, and R. Jackson abstract 313
13:15–13:30	MULTI-RADAR DATA FUSION FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION QPE IN URBAN AREA Brandon Hickman, Jussi Tiira, Roberto Cremonini, and Dmitri Moisseev abstract 143, extended abstract
13:30–13:45	LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF GAUGE-ADJUSTED PAN-EUROPEAN RADAR RAINFALL ACCUMULATION Shinju Park, Marc Berenguer, and Daniel Sempere-Torres abstract 325
13:45–14:00	CHARACTERISTIC SPATIAL EXTENSION OF RAIN EVENTS IN GERMANY FROM A RADAR BASED PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY K. Lengfeld, M. Hafer, T. Junghänel, E. Weigl, T. Winterrath, and A. Becker abstract 090







Coffee, poster viewing, and exhibition- 14:00–16:00, New York












Hydrological Studies Using Weather Radar Schouwburg Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis






16:00–16:15	FLASH FLOOD EARLY WARNINGS BASED ON RADAR: COMPARISON OF THE ERICHA FLASH FLOOD INDICATOR WITH A CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL IN THE FLASH FLOOD CASES OF AUTUMN 2014 IN LIGURIA (ITALY) D. Sempere-Torres, C. Corral, M. Berenguer, L. Poletti, F. Silvestro, and N. Rebora abstract 411
16:15–16:30	TOWARD IMPROVED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BASED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION PRECIPITATION NOWCASTS J. Demargne, P. Javelle, D. Organde, J. -A. Fine, C. Fouchier, and L. Garandeau abstract 154
16:30–16:45	OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING OF SMALL WATERSHED USING QPE FROM DUAL-POL WEATHER RADAR IN BRAZIL C. Beneti, R. V. Calheiros, M. Sorribas, C. Oliveira, L. Calvetti, J. Ruviaro, and R. Neundorf abstract 335, extended abstract
16:45–17:00	INVESTIGATING THE SENSITIVITY OF HYDROLOGICAL MODEL RESPONSE MODELLING TO CRITICAL RAINFALL AND CATCHMENT SCALES IN THE (SEMI-) URBANIZED CHARLOTTE AREA. E. Cristiano, M-C. Ten Veldhuis, D. B. Wright, J. A. Smith, and N. C. Van De Giesen abstract 039
17:00–17:15	DEVELOPMENT OF A DETECTION SYSTEM OF HEAVY RAINFALL USING X-BAND PHASED-ARRAY WEATER RADAR K. Yoshimi, F. Mizutani, N. Takahashi, and T. Ushio abstract 115, extended abstract
17:15–17:30	USING RADAR DATA FOR THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF EXTREMAL EPISODES M. Scheibel abstract 350
17:30–17:45	HOW ERRORS IN RAINGAUGE, RADAR AND MICROWAVE LINK DATA PROPAGATE THROUGH HYDROLOGICAL MODELS C. C. Brauer, A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet abstract 388
17:45–18:00	A NEW MULTIPLICATIVE RANDOM CASCADE MODEL FOR DOWNSCALING INTERMITTENT RAINFALL FIELDS M. Schleiss abstract 184







Use Of Weather Radar Data In NWP Models Cerise Monday, 2 July 2018 Chair: Elena Saltikoff






16:00–16:15	RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION AT GERMAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE K. Stephan, U. Blahak, E. Bauernschubert, A. De Lozar, A. Seifert, and C. Welzbacher abstract 342
16:15–16:30	DATA ASSIMILATION OF RADAR REFLECTIVITY VOLUMES IN A LETKF SCHEME V. Poli, T. Gastaldo, C. Marsigli, P. P. Alberoni, and T. Paccagnella abstract 307, extended abstract
16:30–16:45	ASSIMILATION OF WEATHER RADAR DATA FOR THE SIMULATION OF A HEAVY RAINFALL CASE IN CENTRAL ITALY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN 3D-VAR AND 4D-VAR TECHNIQUES Vincenzo Mazzarella, Ida Maiello Vincenzo Capozzi , Giorgio Budillon, and Rosella Ferretti abstract 061
16:45–17:00	ASSIMILATION OF DIFFERENT RADAR DATA FOR A BETTER FORECASTING OF SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENA L. Rovai, A. Antonini, S. Melani, V. Capecchi, R. Benedetti, L. Fibbi, B. Gozzini, G. Messeri, A. Ortolani, and F. Pasi abstract 341, extended abstract
17:00–17:15	X-NET BASED RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION STUDY OVER SEOUL METROPOLITAN AREA K. -H. Min, Y. Lee, G. Lee, and Y. Kim abstract 286
17:15–17:30	USING WEATHER RADAR OBSERVATIONS FOR DATA ASSIMILATION TO MODEL THE AMSTERDAM URBAN CLIMATE Sytse Koopmans, Ronald Van Haren, Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Natalie Theeuwes, Reinder Ronda, Remko Uijlenhoet, and Albert A. M. Holtslag abstract 409
17:30–17:45	CONTINENTAL-SCALE WEATHER RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION USING NORTH AMERICAN DATA D. Michelson, D. Jacques, B. Hansen, J-F. Caron, and L. Fillion abstract 198, extended abstract
17:45–18:00	ASSIMILATION OF AIRBORNE DOPPLER W-BAND RADAR DATA IN THE KILOMETRE-SCALE NWP MODEL AROME M. Borderies, O. Caumont, J. Delano, and V. Ducrocq abstract 162